Lisa If you have a fear of being caught in the act however small the probability, then announce to everyone what you are doing by making you camera a parody of a camera. Perhaps you can write "this is a camera" on the box and announce to everyone what you are doing. Then you can have fun with what people say. I was in a park once and it was obvious what I was doing, not taking photos of people since the exposure was a half hour one, but the box was on a tripod. A park attendant came up to me and asked, or said, "why don't you use an ordinary camera? Isn't it easier? So I gave him a quick summary of what it pinhole is about. It was a pleasant half hour spent. My camera is silver and stands on a slim chrome plated travel tripod. It looks a little like a square sputnik upside down. It has a deep intelligence...
Alexis on 25/1/02 5:06 pm, Lisa Reddig at l...@julianrichards.com wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: R Duarte <ra...@rahji.com> > >> candid images of people. > > For fun you should check out this odd site I heard of last week. > http://www.pinholespy.com/ It's a little strange, but interesting. > > There have been a number of well known photographers who have done sneeky > pictures like that. (My favorite Harry Callahan to name one) The dillemma > as always with these kinds of things is the moral one. I know legally > people in public can be photographed legally. But I would feel paranoid > doing it secretly. Too much stress. Kind of like stealing a grape at the > fruit stand, it doen't really matter, but it stresses me out because of the > minute possibility of being caught. And I guess my voyeristic tendencies > are quite small. > > lisa > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
